Newsletters from the Archpresbyterate of George Birkhead

Beschreibung

Beschreibung

This volume contains a series of Jacobean newsletters written by Catholic priests. They shed light on the strife among different Catholic factions, the conflict between Catholics and the State, and the possibility of obtaining some form of toleration. They also give us Catholic glosses on other news, such as Court politics, the conduct of Jacobean foreign policy toward European Catholic states, and controversies within the Church of England. This previously unpublished material, extensively annotated by Michael Questier, provides highly illuminating source material for the study of early modern ecclesiastical politics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; The newsletters, Index.

Pressestimmen

"This extensively annotated volume contains a series of previously unpublished newsletters written by Catholic priests that shed light on English Catholic factionalism, the conflict between Catholics and the State, and the possibility of obtaining some form of toleration." Documentary Editing "...Dr. Questier has produced a new primary source for the religious and social history of the Catholics in the first decade of James I." Catholic Historical Review